St Pauls, Bristol

In the 1870s, the Brooks Dye Works opened on the edge of St Paul's and became a major local employer, leading to the construction of terraced houses. Together with migration to Bristol, both from overseas and within Britain, this led to St Paul's becoming a densely populated suburb by the Victorian era. The area was bomb damaged during World War II. Rebuilding and investment was focused on new housing estates such as Hartcliffe and Southmead rather than St Paul's, and this contributed to a decline in the quality of the area. During the large-scale immigration of the 1950s, many people moved from Jamaica and Ireland, and settled in St Paul's. In 1963 St Paul's became the focus of attention…

]] Many of the buildings in St Paul's are from the Georgian period. Portland Square and St Paul's Church (completed in 1794) are fine examples of Georgian architecture; both were designed by Daniel Hague. The church fell into disuse in 1988, and in 2005 was converted for its present role as the home of Circomedia, a circus school. Edward William Godwin (1833–1886), a famous architect, lived in Portland Square. In contrast to the Georgian core, the district also contains the St Paul's Gardens estate, designed by City Architect Albert H. Clarke in a modernist fashion.